Explore Quotes by John Of The Cross

Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.

God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.

Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.

God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.

Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.

Have a great love for those who contradict and fail to love you, for in this way love is begotten in a heart that has no love.

Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.

He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.

However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will - unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself - not one step will you advance on the road to perfection.

Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.

At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.

To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.

Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.

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Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.

The eternal tide flows hid in Living Bread. That with its Heavenly Life too be fed.

Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.

A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.

In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.

Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.

Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.